FWIW, the guy who answered says they do repair and sales (high end) like BassExchange and retained some of the same people from the store.

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I went there not too long ago...It's actually called The Amp Shop. The only guy there was this European dude who gave me this real snotty attitude. I was seeing if they had any lighter gauge 5-string sets (Ernie Ball Super Slinky 5s eto be exact) and not only did they not have any (they didn't even have the set of Rotosounds I usually get), but this dude said something condescending like, "Are these strings for you?"

Uh no, they're for my boss. I'm just his gopher boy.

There was an MTD Kingston5 fretless that hung on the wall that I wanted to check out but I decided to bolt instead. The string selectrion sucked, the bass selectrion sucked, and it wasn't worth my time.

I ended up finding the strings I wanted later on at Sam Ash. Go figure.

I'd heartily endorse Westwood Music (.com). They're at (310) 478-4251. Tell them Seb sent you and you'll be taken care of. I'll admit to being biased, since I used to work there, but I've seen them do all sorts of screwy stuff, and I've never seen them do it less than perfectly. I'd trust them to do anything (if I had money to have them do anything...).

David Nealy is a good guy worth talking to. his shop is down on guitar row on the south side of sunset near the gardner intersection. it's next door to the mesa shop but it's upstairs. he's good and his turn around time is usually pretty quick too.

David Nealy is a good guy worth talking to. his shop is down on guitar row on the south side of sunset near the gardner intersection. it's next door to the mesa shop but it's upstairs. he's good and his turn around time is usually pretty quick too.

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You have a phone number? How much are his rates?
This guy from Ernie Ball is offering me a fret dressing for my SR5 for $40...quite a deal! The only catch is that I have to drive all the way up to SLO just to get it done!

The guitartraditions dude that the other poster recommended is rather pricey. $35 just to put strings on your axe? I guess if you had the money and lacked the time...